# Pricing tiers

Concept · [Business and metrics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/business)

Also called: pricing tier, tier, tiers, plan, plans, pricing plan, entry-level pricing, scale pricing, enterprise plan, pricing page

The set of plans a product sells, from a cheap or free starting plan up to plans for large customers. The price at the starting plan says little about the price at large scale.

**For example:** A tool is free for a first project and 25 dollars a month on its starter plan. A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) reads the higher plans too, to see what the same tool costs with 10 teammates and many customers.

## Connects to (7)

- [Free tier](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/free-tier): The part of a paid service that costs nothing, within set limits.
- [Per-seat pricing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/per-seat-pricing): A way to charge for software where the customer pays for each person who uses it.
- [Usage-based pricing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/usage-based-pricing): A way to charge where the bill follows how much the customer uses, instead of a flat fee.
- [Vendor lock-in](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vendor-lock-in): Depending on one vendor so heavily that switching to another would cost a lot of time or money.
- [Scaling](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/scaling): Adding capacity so a system can handle more use.
- [Value-based pricing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/value-based-pricing): Setting a price based on how much the result is worth to the customer, not on how much it costs you to deliver.
- [Price anchoring](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/price-anchoring): Showing a reference number first so that the real price is judged against it.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pricing-tiers